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<p>A <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html" title="A ByteSink can be filled with bytes. ">ByteSink</a> can be filled with bytes.  
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<div class="textblock"><p>A <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html" title="A ByteSink can be filled with bytes. ">ByteSink</a> can be filled with bytes. </p>
<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable000050">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.2 </dd></dl>

<p class="definition">Definition at line <a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html#l00053">53</a> of file <a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html">bytestream.h</a>.</p>
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<p>Default constructor. </p>
<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable000053">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.2 </dd></dl>

<p class="definition">Definition at line <a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html#l00059">59</a> of file <a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html">bytestream.h</a>.</p>

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<p>Virtual destructor. </p>
<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable000054">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.2 </dd></dl>

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<p>Append "bytes[0,n-1]" to this. </p>
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<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable000055">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.2 </dd></dl>

<p>Implemented in <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1StringByteSink.html#ae452e5c53dc33bdcb83fbc27585264d0">icu::StringByteSink&lt; StringClass &gt;</a>, and <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1CheckedArrayByteSink.html#ac5b828c4a8c4d65fdca6860f02e72c89">icu::CheckedArrayByteSink</a>.</p>

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<p>Appends n bytes to this. </p>
<p>Same as <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html#a61fe994281322e8a3e3ed2e50c910e41" title="Append &quot;bytes[0,n-1]&quot; to this. ">Append()</a>. Call <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html#a2d5b62995d93a766a52651fcac809591" title="Appends n bytes to this. ">AppendU8()</a> with u8"string literals" which are const char * in C++11 but const char8_t * in C++20. If the compiler does support char8_t as a distinct type, then an <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html#a2d5b62995d93a766a52651fcac809591" title="Appends n bytes to this. ">AppendU8()</a> overload for that is defined and will be chosen.</p>
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<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable000056">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 67 </dd></dl>

<p class="definition">Definition at line <a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html#l00085">85</a> of file <a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html">bytestream.h</a>.</p>

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<p>Appends n bytes to this. </p>
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<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable000057">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 67 </dd></dl>

<p class="definition">Definition at line <a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html#l00101">101</a> of file <a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html">bytestream.h</a>.</p>

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<p>Flush internal buffers. </p>
<p>Some byte sinks use internal buffers or provide buffering and require calling <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html#ad8b12cabefa31cfcdd1dc166a9f829f2" title="Flush internal buffers. ">Flush()</a> at the end of the stream. The <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html" title="A ByteSink can be filled with bytes. ">ByteSink</a> should be ready for further <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html#a61fe994281322e8a3e3ed2e50c910e41" title="Append &quot;bytes[0,n-1]&quot; to this. ">Append()</a> calls after <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html#ad8b12cabefa31cfcdd1dc166a9f829f2" title="Flush internal buffers. ">Flush()</a>. The default implementation of <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html#ad8b12cabefa31cfcdd1dc166a9f829f2" title="Flush internal buffers. ">Flush()</a> does nothing. </p><dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable000059">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.2 </dd></dl>

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<p>Returns a writable buffer for appending and writes the buffer's capacity to *result_capacity. </p>
<p>Guarantees *result_capacity&gt;=min_capacity. May return a pointer to the caller-owned scratch buffer which must have scratch_capacity&gt;=min_capacity. The returned buffer is only valid until the next operation on this <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html" title="A ByteSink can be filled with bytes. ">ByteSink</a>.</p>
<p>After writing at most *result_capacity bytes, call <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html#a61fe994281322e8a3e3ed2e50c910e41" title="Append &quot;bytes[0,n-1]&quot; to this. ">Append()</a> with the pointer returned from this function and the number of bytes written. Many <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html#a61fe994281322e8a3e3ed2e50c910e41" title="Append &quot;bytes[0,n-1]&quot; to this. ">Append()</a> implementations will avoid copying bytes if this function returned an internal buffer.</p>
<p>Partial usage example: int32_t capacity; char* buffer = sink-&gt;GetAppendBuffer(..., &amp;capacity); ... Write n bytes into buffer, with n &lt;= capacity. sink-&gt;Append(buffer, n); In many implementations, that call to Append will avoid copying bytes.</p>
<p>If the <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html" title="A ByteSink can be filled with bytes. ">ByteSink</a> allocates or reallocates an internal buffer, it should use the desired_capacity_hint if appropriate. If a caller cannot provide a reasonable guess at the desired capacity, it should pass desired_capacity_hint=0.</p>
<p>If a non-scratch buffer is returned, the caller may only pass a prefix to it to <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html#a61fe994281322e8a3e3ed2e50c910e41" title="Append &quot;bytes[0,n-1]&quot; to this. ">Append()</a>. That is, it is not correct to pass an interior pointer to <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1ByteSink.html#a61fe994281322e8a3e3ed2e50c910e41" title="Append &quot;bytes[0,n-1]&quot; to this. ">Append()</a>.</p>
<p>The default implementation always returns the scratch buffer.</p>
<dl class="params"><dt>Parameters</dt><dd>
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    <tr><td class="paramname">min_capacity</td><td>required minimum capacity of the returned buffer; must be non-negative </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">desired_capacity_hint</td><td>desired capacity of the returned buffer; must be non-negative </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">scratch</td><td>default caller-owned buffer </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">scratch_capacity</td><td>capacity of the scratch buffer </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">result_capacity</td><td>pointer to an integer which will be set to the capacity of the returned buffer </td></tr>
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<dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd>a buffer with *result_capacity&gt;=min_capacity </dd></dl>
<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable000058">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.2 </dd></dl>

<p>Reimplemented in <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1CheckedArrayByteSink.html#a16eb07406d3b1c68989025e7f136aa2d">icu::CheckedArrayByteSink</a>.</p>

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